Syamsul Bahrin Zaibon

Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) have been developed over the past few years as an impactful new digital asset class that allows both artists and cultural institutions to securely generate revenue from their digital creations while protecting them. However, limited research exists that fully addresses the integration of NFTs and smart contracts as a technological framework for preserving and promoting artistic and cultural heritage in Malaysia. While there has been much discussion about the economic advantages of NFTs paired with smart contracts, the technical backbone infrastructure remains largely unexplored in many ways for cultural preservation. The research explores NFTs and smart contracts to offer automated royalties and an unprecedented transfer of ownership system with cultural impact. This research, through a mixed-method approach-including a literature review, interviews with experts, and the formulation of relevant mathematical models-conducted an analysis of how smart contracts automate the NFT transaction and royalty distribution. The results have so far shown that, underpinned by blockchain technology, NFTs can offer a promising solution to present and future Malaysian artists and cultural institutions in ensuring the authenticity and financial viability of traditional and modern forms of art. Besides that, scalability, environmental concerns, and legal frameworks are several sober challenges to widespread adoption. Finally, this research concludes that NFTs and smart contracts have the potential to revolutionize Malaysia's cultural economy by offering a sustainable model for heritage preservation and a supporter of the arts in general.

The emergence of mobile learning, or mLearning, gives students hope to become more motivated to learn STEM by bringing their personal mobile devices. This study investigated Malaysian students' STEM mobile learning experiences through student-generated activities in learning STEM. STEM has the lowest uptake for Malaysian students as the subjects are difficult to understand. Therefore, this study embarked on the methodology, which was mainly qualitative in order to have an in-depth inquiry through focus group discussions with students from universities in Malaysia. The findings were themes developed from the data gained prior to student-generated activities. Next, the themes that emerged after the student-generated activities. Finally, mLearning best practices for STEM had been proposed for student-generated activities. Likewise, the main contribution of this study was insights from the Malaysian universities and lecturers’ perspectives for mLearning student-generated activities in STEM subjects. The implications of this study are the best practices for mLearning at Malaysian universities.

It is very important for each individual to have a good emotional control in human well-being. In children level, they can manage their lives in a more orderly and harmonious if they have a good level of emotional intelligence (EI). However, in previous studies, there is no specific rubric developed to assess children EI. Therefore, the purpose of this research is to develop an EI rubric for children in the age group of four to six years. This study involved 20 children at preschool in Kuala Terengganu and by using the Cohen Kappa Consensus Coefficient Rating Scale formula, the research data were evaluated. To see the validity and reliability of the quantitative data, the Rasch Model analysis was utilised. To produce a competent, skilled, creative and innovative generation, the implications of this study are expected to be a basic study of children focusing on EI development in education.

This paper discusses a unique business model of eatery recommender system based on local knowledge using mobile platform. The business model is developed to define the business concept of the innovation which is a rural innovation involving multiple entities (locals, eatery owners and users who are searching for eatery). The innovation highlights on local knowledge crowdsourced from the participation of locals through gamification activities included in the mobile app. In achieving the aim, the design science methodology was adapted in this study which consists of 4 phases: (i) Awareness of Problem, (ii) Suggestion, (iii) Evaluation, and (iv) Conclusion. The proposed business model was developed through a few activities including literature review, comparative study dan preliminary study. Then, the study continued with developing a prototype known as Makan@Local Chatok (M@LC) app and evaluated the app in terms of its usability aspects. Results from the usability testing concludes that the app is perceived as easy to use. It was also found that the proposed business model has been well-accepted by users. In conclusion, it is hoped that this study will not only demonstrate the potential and impact of mobile eatery recommendation system using local knowledge, but also provide a capstone on business research in the field of tourism industry.

An Evergreen Song Model Based on P. Ramlee’s Songs